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Day 10 – Holiday Ornament with Barb

Years ago I used to make these decorations with ribbon and decided to try again this year using paper. I live the way they turned out. It works so well using the double sided paper. The paper I used is from the ‘Tis the Season Collection.

•fold down two corners to form a point on each square. Half should be folded so one side of the patterned paper shows and the other half folded so the other side of the patterned paper shows.

•Cut a slit from the bottom of the square to the bottom of the point. This will help the squares mold to the shape of the ball better.

•Place the first square onto the ball, pinning into place.

•Using a square of the same patterned paper (ie in mine, I used four black tips to start) Place the next square onto the ball, across from the first one, so that the tip touches with the first piece.

•Then place two more, filling in the gaps, making sure that the tips touch. This completes the first row.

•Using the second side of the patterned paper squares (ie, I used four of the snowflake tips) place a square between the points of your first row, with the point facing the same direction. Pin into place.

•Add the remaining 3 squares to complete this row.

•Continue on in the same manner, alternating rows of patterns, until the ball is filled. One sheet of patterned paper should be enough to cover the ball.

•When you get to the last two rows, you will want to trim the bottom corners so that they won’t show.

•When you get to the top, you should have a small space still open. This will be covered by your paper bow and ribbon.

•Take your three strips of 3/8 x 12″ coordinating patterned paper and cut each strip in half.
•each half strip will be looped and then pinched in the middle to make a “bow”. Pin onto the top of the ball.

•Continue with 3 more of the strips, laying them in different directions, and meeting in the middle. Pin to the ball.

•loop on of the left over strips and pin to the ball to form your “ribbon” to hang the ornament from.

Day 8 with Fleur

First up I made these cute ornament by recycling some old American Crafts ribbon and twine spools I got from the store.

And here is the Instagram December mini I am making. I decided to make 2 mini albums this year one will be a pocket stlye one and this one I used the Maggie Holmes Binder mini and it will be for my Instagram photos.

Day 5 – December Memories
with Joy

How many of you are doing a version of December Daily this year?
I’m using a Simple Stories binder and 6×8 pocket pages.
I want to keep it simple so I can get the pages together each evening by printing out some photos at home and using minimal embellishment. Keeping it simple will help me get it done 😉

Let’s dive in!

I used my Silhouette die cut machine to cut out several backgrounds for the plain 6×8 pages.
The digital cut files are from Kerry Bradford.com and the Silhouette store.

Day 5 – Etched Glass gift
with Joy

To start your glass etching project you will need: a glass container or plate, vinyl, a digital die cutter or metal die to create a template, glass etching paste, rubber gloves, scraper tool and a hook tool. I purchased an inexpensive glass container from my local dollar store.

Start by cutting out the image you wish to etch from your choice of vinyl. The colour does not matter for this project. The weed the unwanted parts from the cut image.

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Weeding: is the action of removing the unwanted cuts/parts of your image. For this project I wanted the background, not the actual snow flakes.

The next step is not a necessity but I do recommend it. Cut and apply transfer paper to your image in aid in the placement your image.

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Remember to use your scrapper tool to burnish the transfer paper for good adhesion. Now remove the backing paper and adhere your image to your glass container.

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I recommend burnishing your image again once you have placed it on your glass container which will help your image be crisp after the etching process.

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Next apply etching cream according to the instructions on the bottle. Please USE RUBBER GLOVES (the cream is high corrosive and will burn your skin) and a spatula or popsicle stick to apply the cream.
The cream I used said to spread the cream in both directions over the image and let it sit for 5 minutes before removing the excess cream. You can put the cream back into the bottle for use on your next project.

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Day 4 – Capturing Traditionswith Sarah

“I made this layout of my oldest son (4 years ago) opening his Christmas Jammies. It’s one of our family traditions to open jammies on Christmas Eve so we can wear them to bed and wake up with nice new jammies on for Christmas!”

What traditions are you going to document this year?
See you tomorrow 🙂